Boesak jail term reduced

Cape Town - South African prison authorities have cut 10 months off the anti-apartheid cleric Allan Boesak's three-year jail …

Cape Town - South African prison authorities have cut 10 months off the anti-apartheid cleric Allan Boesak's three-year jail sentence for stealing donor funds, a spokesman said yesterday. "He has been given special remission of sentence for good behaviour," the spokesman said.

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